Fears of another huge terrorist attack in the U.S. shrank after Independence Day on July 4. But terrorism is just one of many bearish factors affecting stocks.
Corporate accounting scandals are the biggest selling factor on the New York market. The Securities and Exchange Commission is cracking down.
Revealing accounting misdeeds is like taking out rotten apples from a box -- favorable in the long term but disruptive in the short term.
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